Inhaler



R. E. Wnwwmn. INHALER.

No. 466,718. Patented Jan. 5, 1892.

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ooono UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROLAND EDGAR \VOODWARD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

INHALER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,718, dated January5, 1892.

Application filed September 19, I 890. Serial No. 365,503. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROLAND EDGAR W001)- WARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the -county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for MedicatingAtmospheric Air, of which the following is a specification. My inventionrelates to improvements in what is known as an inhaler used formedicating atmospheric air with remedies used in the treatment ofdisease of thehuman system, especially of theair-passages,th roat and Inngs; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide suitablejars in which the remedies or medications are placed and through whichair passes and receives its first medication; second, a chamber intowhich the air thus medicated is passed and dried by means of heat;third, cups or small chambers are provided upon each side, into whichthe air thus medicated is passed by means of pipes connecting with thesaid heating-chamber. In these cups the air receives its finalmedication from other remedies placed therein and passes into tubes,from which it is inhaled. I attain these objects by the arrangement ofthe same illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figuresmarked a a show an elevation of the jars, their sides and bottomsperforated to allow passage of air, the bottoms of the jars beingmovable, so that the medication can be placed therein.

1) b are pipes leading from the jars into the drying-chamber 0,supported upon iron feet resting upon two bars secured to the jacket bya burner d.

or outer casing jj. The chamber is heated From this chamber the drymedicated air passes through pipes e 6 into cups ff, where it receives afinal medication and passes into tubes g g, which are provided withsmall round balls for valves at "u t" v c. From these tubes the air thusmedicated is inhaled through mouth-pieces 7t 7t. I

h it represents a shell or casing of iron extending over the top andsides of the dryingchamber 0 and projecting below it to retain the heatwithin the space between the casing 71, hand the drying-chamber c. Thecasing rests upon the bars before mentioned, which support thedrying-chamber.

jj is an outer jacket or covering of the apparatus.

Having fully described my apparatus, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In an apparatus for medicating and inhaling, the combination of jars 0,,having perforate sides and movable bottoms, with the drying-chamber c,heated at its bottom by burner (Z and connected to the tops of said jarsby means of pipes b, the top of said chamber also being, connected bypipes e with medicated cups f, having removable tops and connected bypipes g with inhaling mouthpieces k, for the purpose substantially asdescribed.

ROLAN D EDGAR \VOODIVARI).

Witnesses:

FRED KLEIN, JOHN SODERBERG.

